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PART IV — ELECTRONIC FILING, SERVICE, FEES, PRIVACY, AND DOCUMENT FORM

  • 25Mandatory electronic filing and authorized channels
  • 26Opening a matter; docket, case number, and caption
  • 27Tender, filing, acceptance, and the official timestamp
  • 28Electronic signature and filing certifications
  • 29Clerk review; rejection; corrected, amended, and withdrawn filings
  • 30Electronic service of filed documents
  • 31Original process, alternative service, and proof of service
  • 32Fees, payment, waiver, and reimbursement
  • 33Privacy, redaction, pseudonyms, and protected information
  • 34Sealed and classified material; secure alternate custody
  • 35Court records, public access, retention, and deletion
  • 36Technical form of documents
  • 37Covers, captions, required components, and certificates
  • 38Length limits and word counting
  • 39Appendices, exhibits, hyperlinks, and digital media
  • 40Accessibility, translations, and self-represented filers

PART IV — ELECTRONIC FILING, SERVICE, FEES, PRIVACY, AND DOCUMENT FORM

Rule 37. Covers, captions, required components, and certificates

Cite asRid. R. Sup. Ct. 37Official text at page 15

In this rule

  • (a)Cover
  • (b)Required organization
  • (c)Tables
  • (d)Parties, affiliations, and conflicts
  • (e)Citations
  • (f)Proposed order
  • (g)Certificates
(a)§

Cover

The first page of every filing must state:

1.§

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF RIDGEWAY;

2.§

the Supreme Court case number, or NEW MATTER if none exists;

3.§

the complete caption;

4.§

the originating tribunal and originating case number, if any;

5.§

the exact document title;

6.§

the party or position supported;

7.§

the filing code used;

8.§

the name and status of the signer;

9.§

lead electronic counsel and State Bar identifier, or Self-Represented; and

10.§

PUBLIC, REDACTED, SECURE ALTERNATE SUBMISSION, or another Court-approved access marking.

(b)§

Required organization

Unless a Rule supplies a different order, a substantive filing must contain, as applicable:

1.§

questions presented or relief requested;

2.§

parties and related proceedings;

3.§

jurisdiction and timeliness;

4.§

governing constitutional, statutory, regulatory, or rule text;

5.§

procedural history;

6.§

facts with record citations;

7.§

preservation and standard of review;

8.§

summary of argument;

9.§

argument under descriptive headings;

10.§

a precise conclusion;

11.§

signature;

12.§

word-count certification;

13.§

privacy and access certification; and

14.§

service statement or proof.

(c)§

Tables

A filing longer than 1,500 words or five pages of substantive text must include a table of contents and table of authorities with the page of each citation. “Passim” may supplement but not replace page references.

(d)§

Parties, affiliations, and conflicts

An initiating filing and each principal brief must disclose:

1.§

every party in the proceeding below;

2.§

each related proceeding;

3.§

any Ridgeway entity, Roblox group, government office, law firm, or person with a direct financial or organizational interest in the outcome;

4.§

any change in public office affecting a party;

5.§

any known fact requiring a Justice’s recusal; and

6.§

for an entity, its controlling person or parent organization when relevant.

The disclosure must be updated promptly.

(e)§

Citations

A citation must identify a stable legal or record source. Ridgeway statutes should use the official form, for example 3 R. Stat. § 121.106. Constitutional citations should use article and section. Cases should use the State Reporter citation when available. A hyperlink may supplement but not replace a citation.

(f)§

Proposed order

If a proposed order is requested, it must be a separate PDF document within the same filing, plainly marked PROPOSED—NOT AN ORDER.

(g)§

Certificates

The required certifications may be combined at the end of a filing if each subject is separately stated. A false certificate is subject to Rule 24 and any discipline authorized by law.

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